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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jesus's agony on the cross recorded?
(a) A Grief Observed.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
(d) One of the author's textbooks.

2. According to the author, if he searched the universe for H., what would happen?
(a) He would not find her.
(b) He would find God.
(c) He would be left even more lonely.
(d) He would find her.

3. How does the author picture the "eternal somethings" that he and H. would be after this life?
(a) Angels.
(b) Corpses.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Spheres.

4. In the first chapter, what does the author say is the most "disquieting symptom"?
(a) His ability to continue working.
(b) When he turns his back on his friends.
(c) His deep depression.
(d) Wondering where God is.

5. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?
(a) Contracting it oneself.
(b) Living with it.
(c) Studying about the disease.
(d) When death finally comes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?

2. What kind of character did the author's wife have?

3. To what does the author compare clinging to the memory of one who has died?

4. How does Lewis begin his reflections?

5. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?

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